## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

### PERMANENT SECRETARIES MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS

**1 OCTOBER – 31 DECEMBER 2011**

MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS (INCLUDING MEETINGS WITH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER MEDIA PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES)

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### Permanent Secretary Department of Health, Una O'Brien

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | October 2011 | McKinsey | Catch up | | October 2011 | Macmillan Cancer Care| Catch up | | October 2011 | Edward Troup | Catch up | | October 2011 | McKinsey | To discuss Monitor | | November 2011 | Royal National Institute for the Blind, MacMillan, Carers UK, Marie Curie, National Association of LINKs members, National Voices, NCH, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, MIND, Age UK, Men's Health Forum | To discuss DH and service user voice | | November 2011 | Odgers Berntson | appointments | | November 2011 | NHS Confederation | Catch up | | December 2011 | Royal College of Surgeons | Catch up |

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### NHS Chief Executive, David Nicholson

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | October 2011 | Diabetes UK | Update Discussion | | November 2011 | Higher Education Funding Council for England & Oxford University | Discussion of NHS Innovation Review | | November 2011 | National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) | Update Discussion | | November 2011 | NAPC & NHS Alliance | Update Discussion | | December 2011 | NHS Confederation | Update Discussion |

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### Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies DBE

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | October 2011 | Medical Research Council | Update | | October 2011 | The Welcome Trust and Glaxo SmithKline | Informal Dinner discussion Development of the South-East Biosciences Cluster | | October 2011 | Faculty of Public Health (FPH) | Regular Catch Up | | November 2011 | The Wellcome Trust | Update on Research Matters | | November 2011 | University College London Institute of Health Equity | Update Meeting | | November 2011 | McKinsey | Update on Life Sciences | | November 2011 | FPH, Royal Society of Public | Update on Public Health and |

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1 Does not normally include meetings with Government bodies such as other Government Departments, NDPBs, Non-Ministerial Departments, Agencies, Government reviews and representatives of Parliament, devolved or foreign Governments. | Date | Event | Description | |--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | November 2011| London Assembly Advisor on Health | Update on Public Health | | November 2011| Academy of Medical Royal Colleges | Regular update discussion meeting items covered the new system, education and Public Health | | December 2011| Medical Schools Council | Discussion with speakers wide ranging Agenda, including research, education and public health | | December 2011| FPH, RSPH and ADPH | Update on Public Health England | | December 2011| UK Network of Health Promotion Academics, Open University and Anglia Ruskin University. | Meeting to discuss importance of Health Promotion professional education and expertise in research and the evidence base | | December 2011| Age Exchange | Update meeting on their work | | December 2011| General Medical Council | Regular Update Meeting | | December 2011| UK Clinical Research Collaboration | Regular Update Meeting | | December 2011| Advisory Committee for the Regius Professorship of Physic | Update Meeting |